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Received this e-mail today from former Rep. & gubernatorial candidate, Tom Perriello (D. VA):
Friend,
If we can flip our Congressional delegation, we will put Congress back in Democratic hands. Virginia – and, let’s be honest, Virginia...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Wed Jul 11, 2018 at 05:31 PM PDT
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Received this e-mail today from former U.S. Senator candidate, Katie McGinty (D. PA), in support of Madeline Dean (D. PA-04), Chrissy Houlahan (D. PA-06) and Mary Gay Scanlon’s (D. PA-05) congressional campaigns:
The rush of Democratic enthusiasm...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Wed Jul 11, 2018 at 05:18 PM PDT
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Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Bob Casey, Jr.’s (D. PA) re-election campaign:
Bob is going to be in West Philadelphia this Friday, and we wanted you to make sure you knew first.
Senator Kamala Harris will be joining Bob in...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Wed Jul 11, 2018 at 05:00 PM PDT
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Time Magazine has a great piece out about U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D. OH) and his ongoing battle to protect America’s manufacturing arm and push this country to make more American made products. The piece highlights that while Trump shares the...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Wed Jul 11, 2018 at 06:05 PM PDT
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I have immense respect for MSNBC's journalists who speak truth to power. But not even they'll give airtime:
www.dailykos.com/...
Rachel Maddow: Please Have Red Town Radio Host (My Friend) Discuss Violence Against NA Women (Poll)
in spite...
by Winter Rabbit
7 comments
on Wed Jul 11, 2018 at 02:56 PM PDT
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Preach it:
Sen. Angus King said Wednesday there is "no question" that Russian President Vladimir Putin is getting what he wants as US President Donald Trump railed against US allies before and during this week's NATO summit.
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by poopdogcomedy
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on Wed Jul 11, 2018 at 01:54 PM PDT
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Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren’s (D. MA) re-election campaign:
There are a lot of reasons why I don’t think Brett Kavanaugh should be the next Supreme Court justice. But one reason that really keeps me up at...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Wed Jul 11, 2018 at 01:40 PM PDT
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It’s a dark chapter in history as an ignorant, blathering circus peanut-hued excuse for a president marches this country towards fascism. If you’re paying attention, you’re probably in pain. The news is a flood of sickening ugliness. The tales of...
by FaithGardner
21 comments
on Wed Jul 11, 2018 at 12:26 PM PDT
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I subscribe to The Guardian and get a “US Briefing” e-mail every day. I’m convinced that The Guardian is the most credible news source available and it’s the first thing I read every morning. Today’s is especially troubling as it lays out Trumps’...
by Eyesbright
17 comments
on Wed Jul 11, 2018 at 09:36 AM PDT
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First, a few clarifications. I identify as liberal. Unrepentant liberal. Not progressive. While I share many values with progressives, the political origins are problematic. For instance, progressives tend to take the traditional stance of...
by lowt
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on Wed Jul 11, 2018 at 10:22 AM PDT
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“Roughly speaking, nonviolent coercion may take place in any of three ways:
1. The defiance becomes too widespread and massive to be controlled by the opponents' repression and other means of control.
2. The noncooperation and the defiance make...
by iann
9 comments
on Tue Jul 10, 2018 at 03:14 PM PDT
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Boo ya!
For the fourth straight quarter, Democratic challenger Jacky Rosen has raised more campaign contributions than incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Dean Heller.
Heller’s campaign announced on Tuesday that it had raised $2.38 million during...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Tue Jul 10, 2018 at 01:01 PM PDT
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Received this e-mail today from Braddock Mayor John Fetterman’s (D. PA) Lt. Governor campaign:
Friend,
Election Day is less than four months away!
We’re not wasting any time getting out the vote for this November — which is why Bernie...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Tue Jul 10, 2018 at 12:45 PM PDT
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Many people are rightly worried that the appointment of “Conservative” Brett M. Kavanaugh will lead to the reversal of Roe v. Wade and other constitutional protections. With that in mind, I think that the Democratic Senators have to do a better job of...
by RETIII
87 comments
on Wed Jul 11, 2018 at 05:57 AM PDT
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Many Congressional Democrats are asking Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell, to follow his own rule concerning a president’s ability to nominate a new Supreme Court justice. McConnell prevented Barack Obama from nominating a justice to fill the...
by dailynooze
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on Tue Jul 10, 2018 at 09:31 AM PDT
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Before we begin, I’d like to ask a small favor. Reach into your pocket, a desk drawer, or that cup we all keep in our cars, and grab a quarter. Look at it. Both sides. Pay special attention to the phrases “In God we trust” and “E pluribus unum” that...
by bpransky
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on Tue Jul 10, 2018 at 09:12 AM PDT
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It already began before there was even a name:
Josh Hawley, the Missouri attorney general hoping to unseat Sen. Claire McCaskill this fall, is out with a new TV ad using Donald Trump’s impending Supreme Court pick as a political weapon...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Tue Jul 10, 2018 at 09:35 AM PDT
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This guy is such an asshole:
Rep. Kevin Cramer, a Republican running for the Senate in North Dakota, said last week he advised President Donald Trump not to be pressured into making his Supreme Court nomination "some sort of affirmative action...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Tue Jul 10, 2018 at 08:16 AM PDT
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This isn’t surprising but still :
Within minutes of President Donald Trump announcing Brett ...
by poopdogcomedy
11 comments
on Mon Jul 09, 2018 at 10:26 PM PDT
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Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Robert Menendez’s (D. NJ) re-election campaign:
President Donald Trump has nominated Judge Brett Kavanaugh to fill Justice Anthony Kennedy’s Supreme Court seat.
Now that we have a name, we...
by poopdogcomedy
4 comments
on Mon Jul 09, 2018 at 09:29 PM PDT
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My offering as a counterslogan to “Better off now.”
That’s it.
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Once again, the man who lose the popular election by 3 million votes demonstrates that he is an incompetent non-cooperator.
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